London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wembley 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Notifications of Selected Infectious Diseases according to sex and age as finally diagnosed.
| Age group. | Scarlet fever. | Whooping cough. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | Poliomyelitis | Age group. | Dysentery. | Acute pneumonia. | Erysipelas | Menin gococcal infection. | Encephalitis | Paratyphoid fever. | Food Poisoning. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paralytic. | Non-Paralytic. | Acute infective. | Post infectious. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 0 | — | — | 9 | 15 | — | — | 12 | 14 | — | — | — | 0 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 53 | — | — | 129 | 127 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 3 | 21 | 16 | 73 | 60 | — | — | 188 | 189 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | 01 | 82 | 84 | 87 | — | — | 444 | 405 | 1 | 1 | — | 45 | — | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 6 | — | —_ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 10 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 12 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 65 & over | — | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 15 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | Unstated | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 & over | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| All ages | 132 | 114 | 203 | 219 | — | 1 | 783 | 752 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | All ages | 19 | 34 | 45 | 41 | 13 | 10 | — | 3 | — | Nil | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||